CRN Storage News

Barracuda's move to close its two data protection and file sync and share services was revealed in a company blog post, but Barracuda is not commenting on a report it is seeking a buyer for the entire company.

Zerto has brought in a top-notch product management executive with experience at NetApp and HPE to coordinate the company's product road map -- a road map that is being supercharged with part of those new funds.

The new solution from storage startup Datrium connects up to 32 industry-standard servers with commodity SSDs to its external storage to bring high-performance flash storage with a cost of 10 cents per Gbyte.

Technologies such as software-defined storage and the cloud will shift the focus from traditional arrays to the server and private clouds, leading to a year of restructuring and consolidation for the industry.

Elastifile, which says it is developing a software-defined storage platform for a flash-optimized distributed system, is really focused on the quality-of-service part that will make it work right, said one channel partner.

HPE is looking to hone its object storage capabilities with an equity investment in Scality, whose main competitor, Cleversafe, was last year acquired by IBM, but neither HPE nor Scality discussed any acquisition plans.

Nick Noviello, the face of NetApp's financial side for the past four years, left the company for a noncompetitive opportunity, the company said, giving the storage vendor a chance to have more of its executives report directly to CEO George Kurian.